Press Release

Brussels, 25 June

Today, Hydrogen Europe’s General Assembly has elected new members to its Board of Directors. The association’s Board members, as leaders in the sector, will help set its trajectory as we continue working to unlock the industrial scale deployment of clean hydrogen and create a more resilient, competitive, and sustainable Europe.

The newly elected members are:  

• Energy sector: Holger Kreetz, COO, Uniper
• Infrastructure sector: Nicola Battilana, Executive Director Infrastructure Planning, Snam
• SMEs: Aitor Arzuaga, CEO, Alba Emission Free Energy
• Technology Providers: Miguel Ángel López Borrego, CEO, Thyssenkrupp Decarb Technologies
• Transport sector: Jürgen Guldner, General Manager Hydrogen Programme, BMW
• National hydrogen associations: Andreas Kuhlmann, CEO, DWV, Germany

And they will join the current Board members:

• Sebastian Boden, VP of Hydrogen Energy Partnerships Europe, Air Liquide representing transport & Chair of the Board
• Dennis Schulz, CEO, ITM Power representing industry
• Stefano Innocenzi, President Europe West, LINDE representing industry
• Charlotte Roule, Group Hydrogen VP, ENGIE and CEO, Storengy representing energy
• Danica Maljković, CTO, DOK-ING Indeloop representing SMEs
• Beate Grota, EVP Engineering Power Solutions (PS/EE), Robert Bosch representing technology providers
• Tom Hautekiet, Chief Business Transition Officer, Port of Antwerp-Bruges representing infrastructure
• Aivars Starikovs, Member of the Board, Latvian Hydrogen Association representing EU national associations
• Carlos Javier Navarro Espada, Advisor to the Department of the Presidency, Economy and Justice, Aragón Region, Spain representing EU Regions

in their constant contribution and support to Hydrogen Europe’s vision and mission.

Sebastian Boden, Chair of the Board of Directors, commented: “A warm welcome to our new Board members who will join forces to unlock the clean hydrogen market and enable a resilient, competitive and sustainable hydrogen industry in a renewed momentum.”

Hydrogen Europe’s CEO Jorgo Chatzimarkakis added: “We congratulate our newly elected Board members and we look forward to working with the whole Board on our shared mission: the creation of an energy-independent, competitive, and decarbonised Europe.”

For more information about the new Board of Directors:  https://hydrogeneurope.eu/mission-vision/board-of-directors/